Beautiful salt dough heart bunting

We’ve used simple salt dough which is a really versatile homemade craft product to create this beautiful salt dough heart bunting. A brilliant craft to tie into celebrating Valentine’s Day or just to create a pretty and unique string of bunting perfect for hanging in the bedroom.

To make the salt dough heart bunting you’ll need to three craft sessions of around 30 – 60 minutes each.

Make up the salt dough – simply add the flour and salt to a mixing bowl and stir, pour in the water and mix well with a spoon. Then get your hands into the bowl and pull it all together and knead into a nice pliable dough.

Roll out the dough using the rolling pin until it’s around 1 – 1.5cm thick.

Cut out love heart shapes with the cookie cutter and place on a baking sheet.

Poke a hole in the top of the love hearts with the stick so that you can easily thread the ribbon later.

Bake the salt dough love hearts at 180C for around 10 – 20 minutes (slightly longer if the ornaments are thicker) the ornaments need to be baked until dry but don’t burn them!

Leave until completely cool.

What you do – session 2:

Once the ornaments are dry and cool your can then decorate them. Be as simple or elaborate as you like – let the kids express themselves.

Once painted let the hearts dry thoroughly then paint the other side of the love hearts and allow to dry.

What you do – session 3:

When the paint has dried you can then thread them onto string or ribbon.

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